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BULLETIN Vol. 33,-NO 4
President's Corner
"Cooperation" has been chosen as the theme for the
Delaware Library Association this year by the executive.
board. At a goal setting session in June, board members
generated many ideas for encouraging interaction and
cooperation between librarians. A letter was sent offering
assistance to the Governor's Task Force on Interlibrary
Cooperation. Attempts will be made to provide programs
on topics of interest across type of library lines. Some
other ideas generated were : encouragement of OCLC
membership by libraries in the state, development of a
directory of librarians using the DLA membership list as
a base; encouragement of library systems.
One of the benefits of my own involvement in the
Delaware Library Association has been the opportunity to
meet librarians all over the state from all types of
libraries. Involvement comes through attendance at the
Spring and Fall DLA meetings, participation in Division
workshops, and membership on committees or the
executive board.
When the Constitution and Bylaws were last changed at
the Spring Business meeting at the 1979 Conference,
provision was made for "Consensus Groups" of five or
more members as well as "Divisions" of 20 or more
members. Such groups can plan programs to meet their
own specific interests which might not be of interest to
enough people to warrant inclusion ~t. t?e larger D~
meetings. We presently have two DIVISions-for Public
Libraries and College and Research Libraries.
Interest has been shown in developing additional
groups. The types of groups are listed below with a
contact person. When formed, these groups may apply to
the DLA executive board for division or consensus status.
Divisions receive a budget of at least $4 per member and
consensus groups may request a budget for a specific
project.
Please call the contact person if you wish to join any of
these groups. Children's Services - Pamela Nelson,
731-7550; Government Documents - Johanna Thompson,
478-5280; Online Searching - Helen St. Clair, 428-2911.
Meetings of the DLA Executive Board are open to DLA
members. If you wish to attend call me for information on
the time and place.
Jean Trumbore
738-2455
The Grace Estelle Wheeless
Scholarship Fund
At the Spring, 1980 DLA business meeting, interest was
expressed in increasing the principle of the Grace Estelle
Wheeless Scholarship Fund so that a larger scholarship
than the present $600 could be given because of increasing
Fall 1980
tuition costs. Contributions may be sent to Anthony
Grillo, Treasurer, Delaware Library Association, P.O.
Box 1843, Wilmington, DE 19899.
The fund has received two generous contributions from
the Staff Association and the Catalog Department of the
University of Delaware in honor of Marion Lynch,
Associate Librarian and Cataloger, who retired this
Spring.
DLA FALL MEETING
HELD IN DOVER
The fall meeting of the Delaware Library Association
was held at Wesley College, Dover, on Friday, October
31, 1980. The two workshops offered were: AACR 2
Familiarization and a Legislative Workshop. Divisions
that met were College and Research Libraries and
Public Libraries. Children's Services Division had an
organizational meeting for those librarians whose job or
primary interest is children's literature and services.
Other highlights of the meeting included a tour of the
Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus,
talked about Cooperative Collection Development.
DLA COMMITTEES
APPOINTED
The following committees have been appointed by the
Delaware Library Association Executive Board:
Scholarship Committee - Barbara Beaman, Hercules
Library; Carol Hamilton, Delaware Technical and
Community College Library - Stanton Campus; Beth
Isaacs, Laurel Senior High School Library; Delma
Batton, Dover Public Library, Chair.
Nominating Committee - Helen Moynihan, Delaware
Technical and Community College Library - Georgetown;
Elizabeth Smith, Caesar Rodney High School Library;
Barbara Weeks, Kirkwood Highway Library, Chair.
Budget Committee - Richard Humphreys, Vice
President, President~lect; Anthony Grillo, Treasurer;
Janet Dove, Membership Chair; Jean Trumbore,
President, Chair.
Every member should help to publicize the availability
of a scholarship for a library school student. Prospective
candidates should contact the Chair, Delma Batton.
This year the Nominating Committee will propose a
vice-president, president~lect and a secretary to the
membership for election at the Spring business meeting.
The Secretary will be nominated to serve a two year term.
Additional nominations may be made from the floor with
the prior written consent of the nominee. In addition, this
year the committee will need to arrange for an election of
DLA Committees Appointed Cont.
an American Library Association Councilor for a four
year term. Only Delaware Library Association members
who are also members of the American Library Associa­tion
are eligible to hold this office or to vote in the election
for Councilor. If you have suggestions or wish to nominate
an individual for one of these offices please contact
Barbara Weeks, the Chair of the committee.
The Budget Committee will draft a proposed budget for
the approval of the Delaware Library Association
Executive Board at the December 2 meeting at the Dover
Public Library at 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Members are welcome to
attend the Board meeting or to call any of the Budget
Committee members with recommendations for the 1981
Calendar year budget for the Delaware Library Associa­tion.
Jean Trumbore, President
ALA COUNCILOR'S REPORT
The Sheraton Centre in New York City provided
headquarters for the ALA offices at the semi annual
conference of the Association held from June 28 to July 4,
1980. As this is written, the announcement that the same
hotel will be the headquarters for the President of the
United States in August may explain the pandemonium
and confusion of renovation inside and outside the lobby, a
situation augmented toward the week's end by the arrival
of the Legionnaires of New York State.
An all-time record of attendance, 14,566, resulted in
"sta~ding room only" in several of the 2,000 scheduled
meetings.
Council was honored at the first session by the presence
and address of F. James Rutherford, Assistant Secretary
of Education, U.S. Office for Educational Research and
Improvement. The Secretary assured his audience that
the improvement of libraries is implied in his title.
Rutherford said that historically there has been little
direct involvement by the Department of Education in
learning itself. The future outlook is to improve the
opportunity for all people to learn; the process of learning
depends on libraries and their collections, "a function
always recognized."
According to Rutherford, his biases are that
1) Research libraries must be strengthened and must
learn to share resources. (Not every library needs
complete resources.)
2) Libraries must learn to pool resources by making
fruitful linkages through systems and through other
agencies where learning occurs.
3) The Office for Educational Research and Improve­ment
should help libraries in getting through the
technological revolution.
. 4) T~aining to assure equal opportunity for minorities,
mcluding women, must be provided.
5) OERI must provide leadership.
R~therford. proposes to implement the above by a)
helpmg to unplement the White House Conference
recommendations, b) learning to communicate with each
other, c) supplying continuity of leadership in govern­ment.
Acti0r;t taken by the Council may be found in the July/
August lSsue of "American Libraries." This report to the
Delaware Library Association calls attention to business
of the Association of special interest or concern to
libraries and librarians in Delaware.
Finance and budget are perennial topics at Association
meetings. It was noted that only one-fourth of the ALA
budget comes from membership dues. William Chait, the
retiring treasurer, frequently cautioned Council to
seriously consider the fiscal implication of any action
taken. For example, although it was voted that student
members of ALA are eligible for membership in any
division upon payment of only $5 for each division, a
proposal that new regular members receive the same
discounts on division dues as they receive on basic dues
was defeated. It is anticipated that the new building on
Huron Plaza, which will be occupied in December, will
provide an income of two million dollars to the Associa­tion.
During three half-day sessions, Council heard reports
from officers of ALA, committees, and divisions. They
indicated that the state of the Association is good and
(many loyal workers are engaged in viable activities.
Seventy-six resolutions were prepared for Council's
consideration. Action on six of these is reported here.
A request from the newly organized Friends of
Libraries USA for affiliation with ALA was approved.
On recommendation of the Executive Board, action was
delayed on adopting non-binding guidelines for a mini­mum
salary for librarians. Such guidelines may violate
the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. The Federal Trade
Commission had taken action against the American Bar
Association charging restraint of trade. Although there is
nothing illegal about non-binding guidelines, the
subsequent effect might prove illegal. The Executive
Board and the Council are liable for the effect of their
action.
A policy statement on library instruction was adopted.
It encourages all libraries to include instruction in the use
of libraries as one of the primary goals of service,
believing that many individuals have inadequate under­standing
of how information is organized and how
individuals can retrieve the information needed.
Council approved a resolution regarding H.R. 6410 a
bill to reduce paperwork in the federal government. ' It
was further resolved to urge compliance with laws which
ensure full and free public access to government informa­tion,
to oppose the concentration of authority in the Office
of Management and Budget which governs the collection,
use and dissemination of information by executive
agencies which are without a publicly-accountable
oversight committee or commission, to urge the Office of
Management and Budget to consult with the National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science and
other concerned federal agencies in developing a policy
for the collection, use and dissemination of government
information.
Several recommendations proposed by the Committee
on the Status of Women in Librarianship were approved:
a) That the Office of Intellectual Freedom and the ALA
Washington Office work together to prevent the passage
of the Family Protection Act; b) To insert the phrase
"including discrimination and sexual harassment" in the
policy relating to the Program of Action, Mediation and
Inquiry in the ALA Policy-Manual; (This refers to "fair
employment practices") c) -That the Committee on Status
of Women be charged with the responsibility for develop­ing
continuing coalitions of occupational organizations in
which women predominate and look at the area of
unemployment in order to propose and lobby for economic
and social solutions through legislation, educational and
social service programs.
A resolution on the people's rights to libraries,
sponsored by Learned Bulman, Chapter Councilor from
New Jersey, was referred to the Intellectual Freedom
Committee. The resolution recommended that a state-
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ALA Councilor's Report Cont.
ment developed at the White House Conference be
affirmed as ALA policy and made part of the library Bill
of Rights.
In addition to the business of Council reported above,
Chapter Councilors are interested in the Chapter
Relations Committee and the Chapter Conclave. Patricia
Scarry, our former president, now Chapter Relations
Officer of ALA was actively concerned with the Chapter
Conclave. As this was her first ALA conference as a staff
member, she explained the purpose of the office, told
about her recent activities, and outlined plans and hopes
for the future. An important part of the discussion
centered on the possibility of · having a joint dues
structure. It is. importcmt to . ~ow the size of the
memberships involved: ALA has 35,000 members; State
Chapters have 60,000 members. It is estimated that 20,000
of the State Chapter members are also members of ALA,
and that the potential ALA membership is 75,000. Action
was taken recommending that an outside grant be sought
to study the feasibility of a federated system of joint
membership dues structure.
At the Chapter Conclave, Learned Bulman, New Jersey
Councilor, called attention to an agreement made by the
Executive Board with the Pennsylvania library Associa­tion
regarding the 1982 annual ALA conference. Accord­ing
to the proposal ALA has agreed to reimburse PLA for
the loss of its 1982 annual conference revenues at a figure
no less than the PLA projected revenues for 1980, $20,000.
Bowman did not quarrel with the figure, but with the
words, "at least." It was agreed to forward a recommen­dation
to the Executive Board supporting the proposal,
but requesting further consideration of the agreement and
evaluating the impact on state and regional business and
conferences. Grace Slocwn, liaison to the Chapters from
the Executive Board, agreed to bring the concern of the
Chapters to the Executive Board.
Submitted by
Helen H. Bennett
Councilor from Delaware
FUTURE LIBRARY
POTSDAM, N.Y.- The library of the future will not
have a card catalog. It very well may not even have
books. In fact "it" - as a defined location on a specific
block or college campus - may not exist at all.
The library of the future could be a television set.
This, anyway, is how officials here at Clarkson College
see the future, and in preparation they recently replaced
their library with a sleek $4 million structure filled with
computers, videotape decks, slide projectors and a
television studio.
"This is an age of rapid communication," said Dr.
Robert A. Plane, president of the school, which specializes
in science, technology and management in this small town
in northern New York. "Books can be too slow."
The problem with books, particularly books of a highly
technical nature, Plane said, is that often by the time a
book is printed, its information is out of date. It is now
possible, he said, to disseminate information without
having to wait for a book to be published and bound. It can
be written, edited and immediately transferred to readers
by means of a computer.
The computer also has important implications for the
shape of education beyond libraries, officials at the
college said. It could allow students to write doctoral
dissertations without ever leaving their room. It could
become the core of college course work. Students
someday could take examinations by computer and send
the answers back to teachers miles away. In some cases,
a teacher would not be needed at all; the computer would
have the answers.
"Education is basically an information-transfer pro­cess,"
said Dr. Walter Grattidge, director of the new
library complex, which has been named the Educational
Resources Center. "The aim of education is to have people
educate themselves."
The impetus behind the project was financial. Storing
library books had become too expensive. The library at
Clarkson was bursting at the seams and, at a time of
climbing construction costs and heating bills, the school
wanted to do something more than simply construct
another building.
While the new library at Clarkson does not yet have the
capability to transfer books to students by computer, the
initial tools for such a process are in place. In two years,
officials estimate, the standard wooden-drawer card
catalog will be obsolete. Instead, students will call up a
file of library holdings wherever they have access to a
computer. Already, volwnes of reference books have
been tossed away and replaced with plastic sheets the size
of index cards. Someday these too will be introduced to
the data bank of the college's computer.
These cards, known as microfiche, are 6 inches long by 4
inches wide, containing photographic images of up to 96
pages. With a viewer, readers magnify the microfiche 24
times to replicate the actual page. In addition to saving
space, converting books to microfiche means that the
materials do not crumble and grow yellow with age. They
also do not need to be heated in winter and cooled in
summer.
As libraries across the country begin similar conver­sions
and share resources, it will be possible to call up
reference material from anywhere in the country -
indeed, from participating libraries throughout the world
- without leaving the room.
"In this way we will give people information at their
place of work or study without their having to physically
move to the library," said Grattidge, who has been on
leave at Clarkson from the General Electric Co.
Plane said he has been accused of trying to destroy
books with his plans for the new project. He denies the
charge, saying that what Clarkson is interested in is
supplementing the tools of learning, not destroying them.
Still, he concedes, he and other college officials are
convinced there will always be novels and other materials
for leisure reading.
"Youngsters in the first grade may never get involved
with a book," said Dr. George Davis, assistant dean of
arts and sciences at the college. "Not books as we know
them."
Grattidge and others at the college predict that as
computer technology advances and computers generally
become less expensive for the conswner, the computer
and television will increasingly become the same device
and will play an increasingly important role in education.
"Industry is ahead of us with information handling,"
said Plane. "We have to be in step with the rest of the
world."
The concept behind Clarkson's new library was develop­ed
by representatives of the General Electric Co. ,Xerox,
International Business Machines and other major
corporations. Plane said it was the college's decision to
bypass academia for advice because "colleges aren't
very good at the future; what we're good at is the past."
He conceded that one of the challenges Clarkson still
faces with respect to its new technology is gaining its
acceptance by faculty members, whom Plane said· were
not consulted in designing the new project because
"They're skeptics".
"Our main unfinished business," Plane said. "Is that
we need faculty cooperation."
Printed with permission of News J ournal Pape rs. Wilmington , Delaware.
A Delaware State Library System
This year the Delaware Library Association has chosen
"Cooperation" for its programming theme. The hope of
the Association is to advance library cooperation between
all types of libraries: public, school, college, and special,
on a regional basis. It is important to recognize, however,
that a strong state system is required to administer such a
program.
At present, some cooperation both within individual
counties, and within the state between these various types
of libraries, is already in operation. The Division of
Libraries' statewide network for interlibrary loan
(DRILL) encourages loans between a public library and
the University of Delaware, when materials are unavail­able
at either the Division of Libraries or the Wilmington
Institute Free Library, our public library resource
centers. More recently, film catalogs from the Depart­ment
of Public Instruction have been circulated by the
Division of Libraries to public libraries in Delaware for
resource sharing between these institutions.
Special libraries, too, are beginning to share
information and materials with their public counterparts.
The Wilmington Medical Consortium Library, for
instance, provides the public with fast, accurate, up-to­date
information through public information numbers
posted in public libraries. Follow-up materials from the
Consortium Library can become available to any public
library patron in Delaware through the Division's
interlibrary loan network.
This cooperation is already contributing to the enlarge­ment
and enrichment of library services in Delaware. But
what of the future? Can a state as small as Delaware,
with no Dental School, no Medical School, and no Library
School, operating on three separate county systems, hope
to achieve significant cooperation between multi-type
libraries on a regional basis?
State and University computer capability can pin-point
needed holdings in all types of libraries in the surrounding
states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; and
ALA forms are available at the Division of Libraries for
individual libraries to attempt out-of-state loans. But
growth of cooperation across state lines depends upon
promotion, administration, and reciprocal agreements -
some central coordinating agency, ideally a state system
for library cooperation.
Such a state system has been successfully implemented
in Rhode Island since 1963. Like Delaware, Rhode Island
is a small, populous, Mid-Atlantic state surrounded by
larger states with both a greater number of libraries and
collections which are more diviersified and specialized as
well as larger in size. Its state-administered service
enables Rhode Island to cooperate advantageously with
these various types of libraries in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, and other states. It also enables
the State Library to administer a comprehensive state­wide
program of service to erase inequities between
counties.
Who can dispute that such inequities also exist between
counties in Delaware? As early as 1935, Dr. Carlton B.
Joeckell, then of the Graduate Library School of the
University of Chicago, recommended such a system for
all of Delaware. Again in 1966, in a study contracted for
by the State Library Commission with the cooperation of
the Delaware Library Association, a similar state-wide
program of service was recommended for Delaware by
John and James Humphrey, then of the Brooklyn Public
Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library,
respectively.
In 1966, however, Delaware libraries were not
convinced that such a system could be mutually ad­vantageous
for all three counties. Disparities were too
great. In 1980, however, greater inequities exist between
Delaware holdings and those of surrounding states. In
1966, New Castle County had the financial and govern­mental
resources to plan for the development of a system.
By 1980, such capabilities exist statewide. Systems in
New Castle and Sussex have been in operation for more
than five years, and provide ready-made library centers
or links for a coordinated state system. The Division of
Libraries itself occupies links for a coordinated state
system. The Division of Libraries itself occupies the
central county and serves as the hub of cooperative efforts
for all three areas.
Cooperation internally within Delaware is important,
but increasingly regional cooperation between Delaware
and neighboring states is also mandated. Both could be
encouraged by a strong state system. Soon, unless some
assessment of future cooperative needs is made by the
Governor's Task Force on Library Cooperation,
Delawareans may be locked into paying for county
systems in all three counties, and limited areas of
cooperation within Delaware, when one state system with
larger commitments and capabilities could better imple­ments
and cabilities could better implement networking
not only in Delaware, but also between all types of
libraries in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
other states. The resources of this region are too rich for
Delaware to ignore.
It is time to recognize that all Delaware residents are
entitled to the quality library services they could receive
through state-administered cooperation on a regional
basis. Already specialized libraries in health services are
thinking in larger patterns and conserving costs and time
and local efforts by joining hands across centuries-old,
arbitrary boundaries that limit individual ability to
perform vital functions. Legal and fiscal barriers can
best be lowered by one state agency dealing directly with
another in the interests of our common goals, increasing
the capability of each constituent service outlet. It is
especially important to recognize future cooperative
needs now, before Delaware taxpayers invest more
heavily in costly but less effective independent county
systems.
Susan Jamison, President
Public Library Division
Delaware Library Association
1. John A. Humphry, Library Cooperation (Providence,
Rhode Island: Brown University Press, 1963).
2. Carleton B. Joeckel, The Government of the
American Public Library (Chicago: American Library
Association, 1935).
3. John A. Humphry and James Humphry III, Library
Service in Delaware (Dover, Delaware: State Library
Commission, 1966).
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Childrens Program
CINDERELLA - puppet show by STREETPEOPLE
November 21, 1980, Friday, 10:30-11:00
The age old favorite story of Cinderella will be
presented by the puppet company STREETPEOPLE of
the Philadelphia area. This is to highlight Children's Book
Week which is being celebrated from November 17 -
November 22, 1980 at the Wilmington Library.
CHRISTOPHER THE CLOWN December 10, 1980,
Wednesday 10: 15-10:45
Come begin your holiday season with our happy clown,
Christopher Shelton. He will delight both young and old
with his clowning and performing.
BRANDYWINE TRAVELING ZOO January 21, 1981,
Wednesday 10: 15-10:45
Touch, smell and hear about several favorite animals
from our local zoo.
Programs are held at the Wilmington Library. For
more information call, 571-7411. Please register for these
programs.
NOVEMBER
4 Library Closed - Election Day
11 Story time
18 Films: Anatole and the Piano (12) Arrow to the Sun
(12) Drummer Hoff (6)
25 Storytime
DECEMBER
2 Film: Benjamin and the Miracle of Hanukah (30)
9 Story time
16 Films: A Christmas Story (23)
Pluto's Christmas Tree (7) 30
23 Story time
30 Films: Stone Soup (11) Velveteen Rabbit (19)
JANUARY
6 Story time
13 Films: The Cat and the Collector (6) 31
Cat in the Hat (25)
20 Story time
27 Films: Steadfast Tin Soldier (14) Valiant Hansill
Saturday Flicks 2 p.m.
NOVEMBER
1 Hewitt's Just Different (47)
8 Clean Is Keen (15) Do Your Own Thing
What Is A Friend (13)
15 Cricket In Times Square (26)
26 Snowbound (33)
DECEMBER
6 Benjamin and the Miracle of Hanukah
13 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (57)
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20 Nutcracker (26) Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
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27 The Christmas Tree (57)
JANUARY
3 New York City Too Far From Tampa Blues
10 Star Trek "Miri" (52)
17 Disorder in the Court (20)
24 Luke Was There (32)
31 If I'm Lost How Come I Found You. (48)
All films are shown in the Children's Room on the Second
floor of the Wilmington Library. For more information
call, 571-7411.
To Whom It May Concern:
Please note in your program that the Children's
Department has made a few time changes in their new
schedule. As of September 23, 1980, all Tuesday activities
will begin promptly at 10: 15 a.m. This is for the benefit of
the small children who arrive early and find it difficult to
wait. We have also added an age restriction on our story
hour. This program is planned for children between the
ages of 3 and 5.
The special programs planned for the fall begin at
varying times. Please check your program. Don't forget
to call ahead if you plan to attend. This information will
help us to plan better.
Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any
questions call, 571-7411.
Dear Public Librarians zn Delaware:
In accordance with our public library commitment to
community involvement and as Creative Arts Chairper­son
for the Women's Clubs of Delaware, I've encouraged
Women's Clubs statewide to contact you for cooperative
programming ventures in the arts over the next two
years.
Women's Clubs, like many other organizations, can
provide public libraries with ' important political
financial, and programming support. The programming
ventures I've suggested to Women's Clubs are the
following: the formation of book clubs, the holding of book
talks, creative writing programs, theater-in the-round
groups, puppet-making workshops, puppet theater, and
craft workshops. The Clubs will supply the expertise and
the materials but will require some space, some publicity,
and some cooperation from you.
Since Public Librarians and women in Women's Clubs
have a common goal to provide interesting and culturally
enriching programs for their communities, this associa­tion
should only prove mutually beneficial.
Good luck!
Sue Jamison, President
Public Library Division
According to Sue Jamison, President of the Public
Library Division, three reference workshops are planned
for librarians and library assistants in public libraries in
New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties for this year. The
first workshop will be planned and implemented by
Brenda Ferris for New Castle County contract libraries
early this fall, the date is yet to be announced. Similar
samll hands-on workshops for librarians and assistants
will be implemented this coming winter and coming
spring for Sussex and Kent Counties by Rosali Meiners­mann,
Director of Sussex Libraries, and by Lee Steele,
Director of the Delaware Division of Libraries. Watch for
dates in your next DLA Bulletin or contact Sue Jamison
for further information at 378-8838.
NOTICE TO GRADUATES OF
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
The Alumni Club of the Department of Library and
Information Science of The Catholic University of
America is making a determined effort to update its
membership list and correct the names and addresses of
alumni / alumnae of the Department. Cont. next page
Our main source of information on this is your input to
us, since copies of Alumni Forum not delivered are
neither returned nor forwarded. If you are a graduate of
CUA, and are not getting your copy of Forum, or if you
know of someone else who is not, please advise the
Department. We would like to have both home and work
addresses, with phone numbers, and would very much
appreciate any personal information you would care to
incorporate.
Write to: Alumni Forum, Dept. of Library & Informa­tion
Science, The Catholic University of America, Wash­ington,
D.C. 20064.
Thanks very much!
Mary Feldman,
Editor, Alumni Forum
LIBRARY RESEARCH
METHODS BEING OFFERED
The University of Delaware will offer three Winter
Session courses on library research methods. The
purpose of all three is to assist individuals in making
through use of research libraries.
Bibliography Social Sciences AS401-6011 credit Tuesday
evenings
An overview of library strategy is provided by
compiling a literature review on a topic of interest to the
student. Optimum use of the card catalog, bibliographies,
citation indexing, government documents and computer
searching of bibliographic data bases are covered during
the sessions. For more information call Jon Jeffrey,
738-2238.
Introduction to U.S. Government Documents AS267-10 1
credit Wednesday evenings
Government publications are available as resource
material for both the sciences and social sciences.
Specifically, the sessions will cover general bibliographic
tools, congressional documents, regulatory agencies,
government statistics, government reports and patents.
For information call Jean Trumbore, 738-2455.
Literature of the Life Sciences B270 2 credits 3:30-5p.m.
MWF
The course familiarizes the student with the arrange­ment
of the card catalog, guides to the literature, indexes
to periodical literature, abstracting services, bibliograph­ic
form, scientific papers and reports, and other types of
literature important to life sciences research. Efficient
research methods and scientific writing and reporting are
also stressed. For information call Margaret Welshmer,
738-2965.
Contact the Access Center 738-2741 for information on
registering for these courses as a continuing education
student. All three will be taught during January.
Lita Regional
Workshops Announced
Data Processing Specifications and Contracting is the
title of a series of regional tutorials sponsored by ALA's
Library and Information Technology Association (UTA).
The first tutorial will be held at the Peter Kiewit
Conference Center, Omaha, Nebraska on October 28-30,
1980. It will be co-sponsored by the Mountain Plains
Library Association and will be a preconference workshop
prior to the 1980 MPLA Annual Conference.
Other regional workshops are tentatively scheduled for
Nashville's Opryland Hotel on December 1-3. 1980. Boston
in April, 1981, and in June in San Francisco as a
preconference institute to the American Library Associa­tion's
1981 Annual Conference. Additionally, several other
cities are being considered.
The Data Processing Specifications and Contracting
Tutorials have been developed to meet the needs of
librarians installing or preparing to install varying types
of automated systems. Since the degree of experitise of
librarians varies greatly, the goals of these tutorials will
be to establish a basic level of competence in developing
functional specifications, evaluating technical specifica­tions,
developing and evaluating bid specifications, and in
negotiating and administering contracts for data process­ing
equipment and systems.
For more information and-or registration form, contact
UTA-ALA 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, 11. 60611 or call
312-944-6780.
DLA TO ALA BUS TRIP
On June 30, 1980, the Delaware Library Association
sponsored a bus trip to the ALA national Convention in
New York City. This was a one-day trip which left from
Dover and Wilmington early in the morning and returned
to those points in the late evening.
What started out to be a typical Delaware Day (dreary .
and rainy) ended up being a beautiful sunny day in the
BIG CITY.
Some comments from the trip were:
BEST PART
bus ride (6) people
weather (2)
bus driver (1) "Let's make him a
member"
support from local library assoc. (2)
exhibits and passes (3)
cost of bus trip (2)
arrangements to go (1)
WORST PART
cost of meeting (8)
locations of meetings (3)
tired feet (3)
lack of communications (2)
"The whole trip was a wonderful opportunity!!!"
Thanks DLA
INDES AMERICAN PUBUC UBRARY
The Index of American Public Library Circulation
declined in 1979 to 109 from 111 in 1978, with 1970 equal to
100. Adult loans were 69 percent of the total in 1979, on the
average, and juvenile 31 percent. Based on the 1974
survey of all US public libraries, it is estimated that total
American public library circulation in 1979 was 973.2
million, with a 95 percent confidence interval of 885 to 1062
million.
The Index of American Public Library Expenditures for
1979 was 220, up from 209 in 1978, with 1970 equalling 100.
When corrected for inflation, the index of expenditures
was only 118 in 1979, down from 124 in 1978. Of the amount
spent in 1979, on the average 68 percent went for salaries,
16 percent for materials, and 16 percent for all other
operating expenses. The estimated total expenditures of
all American public libraries in 1979 was $1,589 million,
and the 95 percent confidence interval from $1246 to $1932
million.
The full report of the 1979 index values appears in the
July-August 1980 issue of American Ubrarles. The index
is prepared each year by the Library Research Center of
the University of Illinois, and is based on information
from a random sample of 50 public libraries, each serving
over 25,000 people.
LIBRARY "P.R." IS WORLDWIDE
Carol Hamilton, Delaware Technical and Community
College, Wilmington Campus Library, travelled in
Scandinavia this sununer. Carol has shared with us an
information sheet she picked up in Stockholm. She was
particularly impressed with the excellent "public
relations" to make visitors feel welcome (note - bracket­ed
invitation).
The "Reading Room" - Lasesalongen - is the name of
the library in the City of Stockholm's new "House of
Culture" at Sergels Torg. The Reading Room was opened
in January 1971, as an initial stage of the project. It is run
by the Stockholm Public Library, which operates libraries
throughout the town, with a total of almost 1.5 million
books. The name alludes to the original "Lasesalongen",
a popular library which existed on almost the same site at
the turn of the century.
BOOKS
The Reading Room naturally contains books, about·
40,000 of them. Most of the books are available for home
loans. An ordinary Stockholm PUblic Library card is
valid. If you haven't got a card, mention this at the
counter.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
These, including many foreign publications, are to be
found in the "news zone" by the entrance. Here you can
also listen to Sweden's three radio channels, and watch
television.
GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
A wide selection is available, classical music, jazz, pop,
folk music, children's records and many others. List of
the records available are to be found at the counter, where
you can also say what you want to listen to.
(Unfortunately, you may have to wait some time if the
Reading Room is crowded.) Music records cannot be
taken away. On the other hand, you can borrow language
courses on records and tapes, or use the Reading Room's
language lab equipment and tape-recorders. There are
also facilities for the use of videotape, with the Swedish
Broadcasting Corporation's adult education courses, and
microfilm.
THE AUDIOVISUAL
Programs of various kinds are presented daily in the
Audiovisual Room (entrance from the cafeteria): gramo­phone
concerts, story-telling, children's films, puppet
theatre, poetry evenings, etc. etc.
ALL AGE GROUPS
Are welcome to the Reading Room, Extensive space is
reserved for the children, with books, earphones for
music, games, etc.
INFORMATION
on all material available in the Reading Room can be
obtained at the main counter opposite the entrance.
COATS
The cloakroom, to the left from the entrance, is free of
charge, and visitors are asked in the general interest to
deposit any large cases etc., and outer garments. For the
same reason, smoking is prohibited in all parts of the
Reading Room.
FREE-OF-CHARGE
All other services in the Reading Room are also free of
charge to all visitors, regardless of residence.
Open: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.;
Friday-8aturday - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday -11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Telephones: 08-14 11 20 Ext. 223,224
ALA CHAPTERS
With the announcement of its formation, an open
invitation to join the new Community Information Section
of the Public Library Association was made not only to the
audience at the Information and Referral Services
Committee's Program at the ALA New York Conference,
but to all concerned in public library service.
The new section is the result of the overwhelming
interest of librarians in public library programs and
services, which are designed for the active provision of
information in response to identified community needs,
and which are developing at an increasingly accelerated
rate. Information and referral to human service,
consumer' information, legal and health information,
employment counseling, skill-sharing exchange banks,
information for citizen action groups, and other similar
and rapidly expanding programs will be brought together
under the umbrella of the Community Information
Section.
The scope of the section allows for the growth of many
committees, thereby accommodating many librarians
who wish to take a more active part in ALA. Public
librarians already active in community information
programs, and librarians interested in becoming
involved, will find the opportunities for interaction and
exchange of ideas they have been seeking.
In order to accomplish its mission of promoting public
library programs and services which further the
provision of community information, the Section has set
several goals. Among them is defining the role of the
public library is providing community information - as
well as developing and dissminating materials useful to
public libraries.
Presenting the broad spectrum of activity in the area of
community information and providing greater visibility
of these programs among public librarians, the C.I.S.
aims to stimulate the further growth of these developing
services.
The former PLA Information & Referral Services
Committee was dissolved, as was the Committee on the
Role of the Public Library in Providing Consumer
Information, in order for these activities to be
incorporated into the new Section. Carolyn Anthony,
Chair of the I&R Services Committee, has agreed to serve
as Chair of the Steering Committee to organize the
Community Information Section during the formation and
until elections can take place for 1981.
All librarians interested in joining and serving in the
new Section should:
1. Be a member of PLA.
2. Check off the Community Information Section of PLA
on ALA membership application or renewal.
3. And or contact:
Carolyn Anthony
Baltimore County Public Library
320 York Road
Towson, Maryland, 21204,
(301) 296-8500 - Ext. 276
Join ALA Now
And Be Glad!
You'll save: The special half price for
New Personal Members is $25; students
$10; non-salaried or retired librarians
$15; trustee and lay members $20;
foreign $30 (effective 1981 calendar
year).
You'll receive: American Libraries
and its LEADS job listings; reduced
rates at ALA conferences; discounts on
ALA monographs; eligibility to vote
and hold office; an excellent group
insurance Jllan; the backing of the most
influential library association in the
world.
Yes, I Will Joinl*
Charge my aues of $ to my
D VISA or D Master Charge. (Master
Card)
Card number _________ _
Expiration date ________ _
Signature __________ _
Type of membership ______ _
Name (please print) _______ _
Mailing Address ________ _
City Stilte __ Zip __ _
'Upon receiJ>t of application, you will receive
additional information on ALA divisions and
round tables and how ID get the most from
your membership.
Public Information Office
American Library Auociation
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
Charge it to Visa
or Master Charge!
DElAWARE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 1843
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Share with others the great things your library is doing!
Also, any information andmr ideas you would like to.share
with your colleagues is welcome. Please send your
contributions for the Bulletin to me at: Lake Forest High
School, R.D. ~}_Box 370, Felton, Delaware 19943, or call
me: W - 284-9%91, H - 734-3386.
Call or write for deadlines.
Contributors to whom we give thanks. Without
their help there would be no copy. THANKS.
Jean Trumbore
Delma Batton
Helen Bennett
Carol HamIlton
Sue Jamison
Children's Dept. -Wilmington Ubrary
Delaware Ubrary Association Bulletin is pub­lished
four times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and
Summer. News items for Inclusion In the DLA
Bulletin should be sent to the editor, Ms. Emily C.
McKnatt, DLA Bulletin, P.O. Box 1843,
Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
Pres. DLA: Jean Trumbore, Univ. of Del.
Ubraries, Newark, Delaware 19711; Secretary:
Phyllis Rust, Milford Public Ubrary, Milford,
Delaware 19963; Membership: Janet Dove,
College of Education Resource Center, Univ. of
Del., Newark, Delaware 19711.
NON PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
WILMINGTON, DE
Pennil No. 133
DELAWARE LIBRARY JOBLINE
The Delaware Library Association Jobline operates via the Joblines of the
Pennsylvania Library Association and the New Jersey Library Association. Delaware
positions are announced at the end of the tape recorded message.
There is no charge for the service. An employer may phone either or both
of the services.
The positions are not listed with DLA or with the Division of Libraries;
therefore, job seekers must contact the employer directly to follow up on job
announcements.
Employers who want
to list a position
call:
To hear the taped
announcements, call:
Type of listings:
Tapes .are changed:
Phone Rates
Wilmington
9/80
Revised
from
Pennsylvania Library
Association (PLA)
412-362-6400
412-362-5627
Tape runs 30 min. , lists
jobs in Pa., other states
on east coast.
Friday after 3:30 P.M.
To Pittsburgh - 5 min.
$.71 in discounted time
period. $1.92 prime
time.
New Jersey Library
Association (NJLA)
609-292-2992
609-695-2121
6 min. - DLA can use
unused portion.
Friday af ter 3:30 P.M.
To Trenton - 5 min.
$.56 discounted time
period. $1.45 prime
time.
DELAWARE LIBRARY COSTS AND SERVICES BY COUNTY IN 1979
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Pop. : 397,800
Area: 438 sq.mi.
Govt.: Council/Exec.
Home Rule: YES
KENT COUNTY
Pop.: 93,697
Area: 594 sq.mi.
Govt.: Levy Court
Home Rule: NO
SUSSEX COUNTY
Pop. : 90,200
Area: 950 sq.mi.
Govt.: Council/Exec.
Home Ru 1 e : YES
COSTS
Budget: $60,207,821
Tax rate: .82/$100
Assmt. va 1. 70%
Lib.budget: $471,096
Libn.sa1. 25,500
Staff/admin: 41,961
State Aid: not rept.
or distrib.
COSTS
Budget:
Tax rate:
$ 2,373,700
.31/$100
Assmt.va1 : 60%
~': Lib.budget:
Libn.sal :
Staff/admin:
~': S ta te Aid:
$ 58,025
NONE
NONE
$ 10,765
*Rev.Shrg: Libs: 8,625
Bkmb1e: 38,635
COSTS
Budget: $ 4,241,056
Tax rate: .25/$100 +
As smt. va 1 : 50%
Lib.budget: $ 319,626
Libn.sa1.: 16,000
Staff/Admin: 46,050
State Aid: not rept.
or distrib.
CETA: 35,512
SERVICES
Co.Libn./Staff (reports,etc.)
No.libs.: branches 4
contractual 6
Bookmobiles 0
Outreach: NO
Circulation: 1,413,850
Hrs/wk: 460~ (12 1 ibs)
Average hrs/wk: 38
Books etc.: 643,601
Books per cap ita: 1 .62
SERVICES
CO.Libn./Staff NO
No.1 ibs.: St.demo.unit 1
City/State/other 3 1/3
Bookmobiles: 1
Outreach: YES
Circulation: 384,071 + DOL 14,595
Hr/wk: 198 41 ibs)
Average hrs/wk: 40
Books etc.: 221,424 (inc1.DOL)
Books per capita: 2.36
SERVICES
Co.Libn./Staff (reports,etc.)
No.1ibs.: branches 2
contractual 12
Bookmobiles: 1
Outreach: NO
Circulation: 337,859
Hrs/wk: 399 (14 libs)
Average hrs/wk: 28~
Books etc. 194,187
Books per capita: 2.15
STATE DIVISION OF LmRARIES
Pop. : 548, 104
Area: 20,057 sq.mi.
Govt.: Div. of cabinet Dept.
Fedl. budget:
State budget:
Libn.sal.:
Staff /Admi n:
$ 357,340
S210,921
25,520
135,800
Reports,etc.
Programs/grants
Hrs/wk: 40
Books: 116,494
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BULLETIN Vol. 33,-NO 4
President's Corner
"Cooperation" has been chosen as the theme for the
Delaware Library Association this year by the executive.
board. At a goal setting session in June, board members
generated many ideas for encouraging interaction and
cooperation between librarians. A letter was sent offering
assistance to the Governor's Task Force on Interlibrary
Cooperation. Attempts will be made to provide programs
on topics of interest across type of library lines. Some
other ideas generated were : encouragement of OCLC
membership by libraries in the state, development of a
directory of librarians using the DLA membership list as
a base; encouragement of library systems.
One of the benefits of my own involvement in the
Delaware Library Association has been the opportunity to
meet librarians all over the state from all types of
libraries. Involvement comes through attendance at the
Spring and Fall DLA meetings, participation in Division
workshops, and membership on committees or the
executive board.
When the Constitution and Bylaws were last changed at
the Spring Business meeting at the 1979 Conference,
provision was made for "Consensus Groups" of five or
more members as well as "Divisions" of 20 or more
members. Such groups can plan programs to meet their
own specific interests which might not be of interest to
enough people to warrant inclusion ~t. t?e larger D~
meetings. We presently have two DIVISions-for Public
Libraries and College and Research Libraries.
Interest has been shown in developing additional
groups. The types of groups are listed below with a
contact person. When formed, these groups may apply to
the DLA executive board for division or consensus status.
Divisions receive a budget of at least $4 per member and
consensus groups may request a budget for a specific
project.
Please call the contact person if you wish to join any of
these groups. Children's Services - Pamela Nelson,
731-7550; Government Documents - Johanna Thompson,
478-5280; Online Searching - Helen St. Clair, 428-2911.
Meetings of the DLA Executive Board are open to DLA
members. If you wish to attend call me for information on
the time and place.
Jean Trumbore
738-2455
The Grace Estelle Wheeless
Scholarship Fund
At the Spring, 1980 DLA business meeting, interest was
expressed in increasing the principle of the Grace Estelle
Wheeless Scholarship Fund so that a larger scholarship
than the present $600 could be given because of increasing
Fall 1980
tuition costs. Contributions may be sent to Anthony
Grillo, Treasurer, Delaware Library Association, P.O.
Box 1843, Wilmington, DE 19899.
The fund has received two generous contributions from
the Staff Association and the Catalog Department of the
University of Delaware in honor of Marion Lynch,
Associate Librarian and Cataloger, who retired this
Spring.
DLA FALL MEETING
HELD IN DOVER
The fall meeting of the Delaware Library Association
was held at Wesley College, Dover, on Friday, October
31, 1980. The two workshops offered were: AACR 2
Familiarization and a Legislative Workshop. Divisions
that met were College and Research Libraries and
Public Libraries. Children's Services Division had an
organizational meeting for those librarians whose job or
primary interest is children's literature and services.
Other highlights of the meeting included a tour of the
Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus,
talked about Cooperative Collection Development.
DLA COMMITTEES
APPOINTED
The following committees have been appointed by the
Delaware Library Association Executive Board:
Scholarship Committee - Barbara Beaman, Hercules
Library; Carol Hamilton, Delaware Technical and
Community College Library - Stanton Campus; Beth
Isaacs, Laurel Senior High School Library; Delma
Batton, Dover Public Library, Chair.
Nominating Committee - Helen Moynihan, Delaware
Technical and Community College Library - Georgetown;
Elizabeth Smith, Caesar Rodney High School Library;
Barbara Weeks, Kirkwood Highway Library, Chair.
Budget Committee - Richard Humphreys, Vice
President, President~lect; Anthony Grillo, Treasurer;
Janet Dove, Membership Chair; Jean Trumbore,
President, Chair.
Every member should help to publicize the availability
of a scholarship for a library school student. Prospective
candidates should contact the Chair, Delma Batton.
This year the Nominating Committee will propose a
vice-president, president~lect and a secretary to the
membership for election at the Spring business meeting.
The Secretary will be nominated to serve a two year term.
Additional nominations may be made from the floor with
the prior written consent of the nominee. In addition, this
year the committee will need to arrange for an election of
DLA Committees Appointed Cont.
an American Library Association Councilor for a four
year term. Only Delaware Library Association members
who are also members of the American Library Associa­tion
are eligible to hold this office or to vote in the election
for Councilor. If you have suggestions or wish to nominate
an individual for one of these offices please contact
Barbara Weeks, the Chair of the committee.
The Budget Committee will draft a proposed budget for
the approval of the Delaware Library Association
Executive Board at the December 2 meeting at the Dover
Public Library at 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Members are welcome to
attend the Board meeting or to call any of the Budget
Committee members with recommendations for the 1981
Calendar year budget for the Delaware Library Associa­tion.
Jean Trumbore, President
ALA COUNCILOR'S REPORT
The Sheraton Centre in New York City provided
headquarters for the ALA offices at the semi annual
conference of the Association held from June 28 to July 4,
1980. As this is written, the announcement that the same
hotel will be the headquarters for the President of the
United States in August may explain the pandemonium
and confusion of renovation inside and outside the lobby, a
situation augmented toward the week's end by the arrival
of the Legionnaires of New York State.
An all-time record of attendance, 14,566, resulted in
"sta~ding room only" in several of the 2,000 scheduled
meetings.
Council was honored at the first session by the presence
and address of F. James Rutherford, Assistant Secretary
of Education, U.S. Office for Educational Research and
Improvement. The Secretary assured his audience that
the improvement of libraries is implied in his title.
Rutherford said that historically there has been little
direct involvement by the Department of Education in
learning itself. The future outlook is to improve the
opportunity for all people to learn; the process of learning
depends on libraries and their collections, "a function
always recognized."
According to Rutherford, his biases are that
1) Research libraries must be strengthened and must
learn to share resources. (Not every library needs
complete resources.)
2) Libraries must learn to pool resources by making
fruitful linkages through systems and through other
agencies where learning occurs.
3) The Office for Educational Research and Improve­ment
should help libraries in getting through the
technological revolution.
. 4) T~aining to assure equal opportunity for minorities,
mcluding women, must be provided.
5) OERI must provide leadership.
R~therford. proposes to implement the above by a)
helpmg to unplement the White House Conference
recommendations, b) learning to communicate with each
other, c) supplying continuity of leadership in govern­ment.
Acti0r;t taken by the Council may be found in the July/
August lSsue of "American Libraries." This report to the
Delaware Library Association calls attention to business
of the Association of special interest or concern to
libraries and librarians in Delaware.
Finance and budget are perennial topics at Association
meetings. It was noted that only one-fourth of the ALA
budget comes from membership dues. William Chait, the
retiring treasurer, frequently cautioned Council to
seriously consider the fiscal implication of any action
taken. For example, although it was voted that student
members of ALA are eligible for membership in any
division upon payment of only $5 for each division, a
proposal that new regular members receive the same
discounts on division dues as they receive on basic dues
was defeated. It is anticipated that the new building on
Huron Plaza, which will be occupied in December, will
provide an income of two million dollars to the Associa­tion.
During three half-day sessions, Council heard reports
from officers of ALA, committees, and divisions. They
indicated that the state of the Association is good and
(many loyal workers are engaged in viable activities.
Seventy-six resolutions were prepared for Council's
consideration. Action on six of these is reported here.
A request from the newly organized Friends of
Libraries USA for affiliation with ALA was approved.
On recommendation of the Executive Board, action was
delayed on adopting non-binding guidelines for a mini­mum
salary for librarians. Such guidelines may violate
the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. The Federal Trade
Commission had taken action against the American Bar
Association charging restraint of trade. Although there is
nothing illegal about non-binding guidelines, the
subsequent effect might prove illegal. The Executive
Board and the Council are liable for the effect of their
action.
A policy statement on library instruction was adopted.
It encourages all libraries to include instruction in the use
of libraries as one of the primary goals of service,
believing that many individuals have inadequate under­standing
of how information is organized and how
individuals can retrieve the information needed.
Council approved a resolution regarding H.R. 6410 a
bill to reduce paperwork in the federal government. ' It
was further resolved to urge compliance with laws which
ensure full and free public access to government informa­tion,
to oppose the concentration of authority in the Office
of Management and Budget which governs the collection,
use and dissemination of information by executive
agencies which are without a publicly-accountable
oversight committee or commission, to urge the Office of
Management and Budget to consult with the National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science and
other concerned federal agencies in developing a policy
for the collection, use and dissemination of government
information.
Several recommendations proposed by the Committee
on the Status of Women in Librarianship were approved:
a) That the Office of Intellectual Freedom and the ALA
Washington Office work together to prevent the passage
of the Family Protection Act; b) To insert the phrase
"including discrimination and sexual harassment" in the
policy relating to the Program of Action, Mediation and
Inquiry in the ALA Policy-Manual; (This refers to "fair
employment practices") c) -That the Committee on Status
of Women be charged with the responsibility for develop­ing
continuing coalitions of occupational organizations in
which women predominate and look at the area of
unemployment in order to propose and lobby for economic
and social solutions through legislation, educational and
social service programs.
A resolution on the people's rights to libraries,
sponsored by Learned Bulman, Chapter Councilor from
New Jersey, was referred to the Intellectual Freedom
Committee. The resolution recommended that a state-
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ALA Councilor's Report Cont.
ment developed at the White House Conference be
affirmed as ALA policy and made part of the library Bill
of Rights.
In addition to the business of Council reported above,
Chapter Councilors are interested in the Chapter
Relations Committee and the Chapter Conclave. Patricia
Scarry, our former president, now Chapter Relations
Officer of ALA was actively concerned with the Chapter
Conclave. As this was her first ALA conference as a staff
member, she explained the purpose of the office, told
about her recent activities, and outlined plans and hopes
for the future. An important part of the discussion
centered on the possibility of · having a joint dues
structure. It is. importcmt to . ~ow the size of the
memberships involved: ALA has 35,000 members; State
Chapters have 60,000 members. It is estimated that 20,000
of the State Chapter members are also members of ALA,
and that the potential ALA membership is 75,000. Action
was taken recommending that an outside grant be sought
to study the feasibility of a federated system of joint
membership dues structure.
At the Chapter Conclave, Learned Bulman, New Jersey
Councilor, called attention to an agreement made by the
Executive Board with the Pennsylvania library Associa­tion
regarding the 1982 annual ALA conference. Accord­ing
to the proposal ALA has agreed to reimburse PLA for
the loss of its 1982 annual conference revenues at a figure
no less than the PLA projected revenues for 1980, $20,000.
Bowman did not quarrel with the figure, but with the
words, "at least." It was agreed to forward a recommen­dation
to the Executive Board supporting the proposal,
but requesting further consideration of the agreement and
evaluating the impact on state and regional business and
conferences. Grace Slocwn, liaison to the Chapters from
the Executive Board, agreed to bring the concern of the
Chapters to the Executive Board.
Submitted by
Helen H. Bennett
Councilor from Delaware
FUTURE LIBRARY
POTSDAM, N.Y.- The library of the future will not
have a card catalog. It very well may not even have
books. In fact "it" - as a defined location on a specific
block or college campus - may not exist at all.
The library of the future could be a television set.
This, anyway, is how officials here at Clarkson College
see the future, and in preparation they recently replaced
their library with a sleek $4 million structure filled with
computers, videotape decks, slide projectors and a
television studio.
"This is an age of rapid communication," said Dr.
Robert A. Plane, president of the school, which specializes
in science, technology and management in this small town
in northern New York. "Books can be too slow."
The problem with books, particularly books of a highly
technical nature, Plane said, is that often by the time a
book is printed, its information is out of date. It is now
possible, he said, to disseminate information without
having to wait for a book to be published and bound. It can
be written, edited and immediately transferred to readers
by means of a computer.
The computer also has important implications for the
shape of education beyond libraries, officials at the
college said. It could allow students to write doctoral
dissertations without ever leaving their room. It could
become the core of college course work. Students
someday could take examinations by computer and send
the answers back to teachers miles away. In some cases,
a teacher would not be needed at all; the computer would
have the answers.
"Education is basically an information-transfer pro­cess,"
said Dr. Walter Grattidge, director of the new
library complex, which has been named the Educational
Resources Center. "The aim of education is to have people
educate themselves."
The impetus behind the project was financial. Storing
library books had become too expensive. The library at
Clarkson was bursting at the seams and, at a time of
climbing construction costs and heating bills, the school
wanted to do something more than simply construct
another building.
While the new library at Clarkson does not yet have the
capability to transfer books to students by computer, the
initial tools for such a process are in place. In two years,
officials estimate, the standard wooden-drawer card
catalog will be obsolete. Instead, students will call up a
file of library holdings wherever they have access to a
computer. Already, volwnes of reference books have
been tossed away and replaced with plastic sheets the size
of index cards. Someday these too will be introduced to
the data bank of the college's computer.
These cards, known as microfiche, are 6 inches long by 4
inches wide, containing photographic images of up to 96
pages. With a viewer, readers magnify the microfiche 24
times to replicate the actual page. In addition to saving
space, converting books to microfiche means that the
materials do not crumble and grow yellow with age. They
also do not need to be heated in winter and cooled in
summer.
As libraries across the country begin similar conver­sions
and share resources, it will be possible to call up
reference material from anywhere in the country -
indeed, from participating libraries throughout the world
- without leaving the room.
"In this way we will give people information at their
place of work or study without their having to physically
move to the library," said Grattidge, who has been on
leave at Clarkson from the General Electric Co.
Plane said he has been accused of trying to destroy
books with his plans for the new project. He denies the
charge, saying that what Clarkson is interested in is
supplementing the tools of learning, not destroying them.
Still, he concedes, he and other college officials are
convinced there will always be novels and other materials
for leisure reading.
"Youngsters in the first grade may never get involved
with a book," said Dr. George Davis, assistant dean of
arts and sciences at the college. "Not books as we know
them."
Grattidge and others at the college predict that as
computer technology advances and computers generally
become less expensive for the conswner, the computer
and television will increasingly become the same device
and will play an increasingly important role in education.
"Industry is ahead of us with information handling,"
said Plane. "We have to be in step with the rest of the
world."
The concept behind Clarkson's new library was develop­ed
by representatives of the General Electric Co. ,Xerox,
International Business Machines and other major
corporations. Plane said it was the college's decision to
bypass academia for advice because "colleges aren't
very good at the future; what we're good at is the past."
He conceded that one of the challenges Clarkson still
faces with respect to its new technology is gaining its
acceptance by faculty members, whom Plane said· were
not consulted in designing the new project because
"They're skeptics".
"Our main unfinished business," Plane said. "Is that
we need faculty cooperation."
Printed with permission of News J ournal Pape rs. Wilmington , Delaware.
A Delaware State Library System
This year the Delaware Library Association has chosen
"Cooperation" for its programming theme. The hope of
the Association is to advance library cooperation between
all types of libraries: public, school, college, and special,
on a regional basis. It is important to recognize, however,
that a strong state system is required to administer such a
program.
At present, some cooperation both within individual
counties, and within the state between these various types
of libraries, is already in operation. The Division of
Libraries' statewide network for interlibrary loan
(DRILL) encourages loans between a public library and
the University of Delaware, when materials are unavail­able
at either the Division of Libraries or the Wilmington
Institute Free Library, our public library resource
centers. More recently, film catalogs from the Depart­ment
of Public Instruction have been circulated by the
Division of Libraries to public libraries in Delaware for
resource sharing between these institutions.
Special libraries, too, are beginning to share
information and materials with their public counterparts.
The Wilmington Medical Consortium Library, for
instance, provides the public with fast, accurate, up-to­date
information through public information numbers
posted in public libraries. Follow-up materials from the
Consortium Library can become available to any public
library patron in Delaware through the Division's
interlibrary loan network.
This cooperation is already contributing to the enlarge­ment
and enrichment of library services in Delaware. But
what of the future? Can a state as small as Delaware,
with no Dental School, no Medical School, and no Library
School, operating on three separate county systems, hope
to achieve significant cooperation between multi-type
libraries on a regional basis?
State and University computer capability can pin-point
needed holdings in all types of libraries in the surrounding
states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; and
ALA forms are available at the Division of Libraries for
individual libraries to attempt out-of-state loans. But
growth of cooperation across state lines depends upon
promotion, administration, and reciprocal agreements -
some central coordinating agency, ideally a state system
for library cooperation.
Such a state system has been successfully implemented
in Rhode Island since 1963. Like Delaware, Rhode Island
is a small, populous, Mid-Atlantic state surrounded by
larger states with both a greater number of libraries and
collections which are more diviersified and specialized as
well as larger in size. Its state-administered service
enables Rhode Island to cooperate advantageously with
these various types of libraries in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, and other states. It also enables
the State Library to administer a comprehensive state­wide
program of service to erase inequities between
counties.
Who can dispute that such inequities also exist between
counties in Delaware? As early as 1935, Dr. Carlton B.
Joeckell, then of the Graduate Library School of the
University of Chicago, recommended such a system for
all of Delaware. Again in 1966, in a study contracted for
by the State Library Commission with the cooperation of
the Delaware Library Association, a similar state-wide
program of service was recommended for Delaware by
John and James Humphrey, then of the Brooklyn Public
Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library,
respectively.
In 1966, however, Delaware libraries were not
convinced that such a system could be mutually ad­vantageous
for all three counties. Disparities were too
great. In 1980, however, greater inequities exist between
Delaware holdings and those of surrounding states. In
1966, New Castle County had the financial and govern­mental
resources to plan for the development of a system.
By 1980, such capabilities exist statewide. Systems in
New Castle and Sussex have been in operation for more
than five years, and provide ready-made library centers
or links for a coordinated state system. The Division of
Libraries itself occupies links for a coordinated state
system. The Division of Libraries itself occupies the
central county and serves as the hub of cooperative efforts
for all three areas.
Cooperation internally within Delaware is important,
but increasingly regional cooperation between Delaware
and neighboring states is also mandated. Both could be
encouraged by a strong state system. Soon, unless some
assessment of future cooperative needs is made by the
Governor's Task Force on Library Cooperation,
Delawareans may be locked into paying for county
systems in all three counties, and limited areas of
cooperation within Delaware, when one state system with
larger commitments and capabilities could better imple­ments
and cabilities could better implement networking
not only in Delaware, but also between all types of
libraries in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
other states. The resources of this region are too rich for
Delaware to ignore.
It is time to recognize that all Delaware residents are
entitled to the quality library services they could receive
through state-administered cooperation on a regional
basis. Already specialized libraries in health services are
thinking in larger patterns and conserving costs and time
and local efforts by joining hands across centuries-old,
arbitrary boundaries that limit individual ability to
perform vital functions. Legal and fiscal barriers can
best be lowered by one state agency dealing directly with
another in the interests of our common goals, increasing
the capability of each constituent service outlet. It is
especially important to recognize future cooperative
needs now, before Delaware taxpayers invest more
heavily in costly but less effective independent county
systems.
Susan Jamison, President
Public Library Division
Delaware Library Association
1. John A. Humphry, Library Cooperation (Providence,
Rhode Island: Brown University Press, 1963).
2. Carleton B. Joeckel, The Government of the
American Public Library (Chicago: American Library
Association, 1935).
3. John A. Humphry and James Humphry III, Library
Service in Delaware (Dover, Delaware: State Library
Commission, 1966).
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Childrens Program
CINDERELLA - puppet show by STREETPEOPLE
November 21, 1980, Friday, 10:30-11:00
The age old favorite story of Cinderella will be
presented by the puppet company STREETPEOPLE of
the Philadelphia area. This is to highlight Children's Book
Week which is being celebrated from November 17 -
November 22, 1980 at the Wilmington Library.
CHRISTOPHER THE CLOWN December 10, 1980,
Wednesday 10: 15-10:45
Come begin your holiday season with our happy clown,
Christopher Shelton. He will delight both young and old
with his clowning and performing.
BRANDYWINE TRAVELING ZOO January 21, 1981,
Wednesday 10: 15-10:45
Touch, smell and hear about several favorite animals
from our local zoo.
Programs are held at the Wilmington Library. For
more information call, 571-7411. Please register for these
programs.
NOVEMBER
4 Library Closed - Election Day
11 Story time
18 Films: Anatole and the Piano (12) Arrow to the Sun
(12) Drummer Hoff (6)
25 Storytime
DECEMBER
2 Film: Benjamin and the Miracle of Hanukah (30)
9 Story time
16 Films: A Christmas Story (23)
Pluto's Christmas Tree (7) 30
23 Story time
30 Films: Stone Soup (11) Velveteen Rabbit (19)
JANUARY
6 Story time
13 Films: The Cat and the Collector (6) 31
Cat in the Hat (25)
20 Story time
27 Films: Steadfast Tin Soldier (14) Valiant Hansill
Saturday Flicks 2 p.m.
NOVEMBER
1 Hewitt's Just Different (47)
8 Clean Is Keen (15) Do Your Own Thing
What Is A Friend (13)
15 Cricket In Times Square (26)
26 Snowbound (33)
DECEMBER
6 Benjamin and the Miracle of Hanukah
13 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (57)
41
20 Nutcracker (26) Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
~) ~
27 The Christmas Tree (57)
JANUARY
3 New York City Too Far From Tampa Blues
10 Star Trek "Miri" (52)
17 Disorder in the Court (20)
24 Luke Was There (32)
31 If I'm Lost How Come I Found You. (48)
All films are shown in the Children's Room on the Second
floor of the Wilmington Library. For more information
call, 571-7411.
To Whom It May Concern:
Please note in your program that the Children's
Department has made a few time changes in their new
schedule. As of September 23, 1980, all Tuesday activities
will begin promptly at 10: 15 a.m. This is for the benefit of
the small children who arrive early and find it difficult to
wait. We have also added an age restriction on our story
hour. This program is planned for children between the
ages of 3 and 5.
The special programs planned for the fall begin at
varying times. Please check your program. Don't forget
to call ahead if you plan to attend. This information will
help us to plan better.
Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any
questions call, 571-7411.
Dear Public Librarians zn Delaware:
In accordance with our public library commitment to
community involvement and as Creative Arts Chairper­son
for the Women's Clubs of Delaware, I've encouraged
Women's Clubs statewide to contact you for cooperative
programming ventures in the arts over the next two
years.
Women's Clubs, like many other organizations, can
provide public libraries with ' important political
financial, and programming support. The programming
ventures I've suggested to Women's Clubs are the
following: the formation of book clubs, the holding of book
talks, creative writing programs, theater-in the-round
groups, puppet-making workshops, puppet theater, and
craft workshops. The Clubs will supply the expertise and
the materials but will require some space, some publicity,
and some cooperation from you.
Since Public Librarians and women in Women's Clubs
have a common goal to provide interesting and culturally
enriching programs for their communities, this associa­tion
should only prove mutually beneficial.
Good luck!
Sue Jamison, President
Public Library Division
According to Sue Jamison, President of the Public
Library Division, three reference workshops are planned
for librarians and library assistants in public libraries in
New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties for this year. The
first workshop will be planned and implemented by
Brenda Ferris for New Castle County contract libraries
early this fall, the date is yet to be announced. Similar
samll hands-on workshops for librarians and assistants
will be implemented this coming winter and coming
spring for Sussex and Kent Counties by Rosali Meiners­mann,
Director of Sussex Libraries, and by Lee Steele,
Director of the Delaware Division of Libraries. Watch for
dates in your next DLA Bulletin or contact Sue Jamison
for further information at 378-8838.
NOTICE TO GRADUATES OF
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
The Alumni Club of the Department of Library and
Information Science of The Catholic University of
America is making a determined effort to update its
membership list and correct the names and addresses of
alumni / alumnae of the Department. Cont. next page
Our main source of information on this is your input to
us, since copies of Alumni Forum not delivered are
neither returned nor forwarded. If you are a graduate of
CUA, and are not getting your copy of Forum, or if you
know of someone else who is not, please advise the
Department. We would like to have both home and work
addresses, with phone numbers, and would very much
appreciate any personal information you would care to
incorporate.
Write to: Alumni Forum, Dept. of Library & Informa­tion
Science, The Catholic University of America, Wash­ington,
D.C. 20064.
Thanks very much!
Mary Feldman,
Editor, Alumni Forum
LIBRARY RESEARCH
METHODS BEING OFFERED
The University of Delaware will offer three Winter
Session courses on library research methods. The
purpose of all three is to assist individuals in making
through use of research libraries.
Bibliography Social Sciences AS401-6011 credit Tuesday
evenings
An overview of library strategy is provided by
compiling a literature review on a topic of interest to the
student. Optimum use of the card catalog, bibliographies,
citation indexing, government documents and computer
searching of bibliographic data bases are covered during
the sessions. For more information call Jon Jeffrey,
738-2238.
Introduction to U.S. Government Documents AS267-10 1
credit Wednesday evenings
Government publications are available as resource
material for both the sciences and social sciences.
Specifically, the sessions will cover general bibliographic
tools, congressional documents, regulatory agencies,
government statistics, government reports and patents.
For information call Jean Trumbore, 738-2455.
Literature of the Life Sciences B270 2 credits 3:30-5p.m.
MWF
The course familiarizes the student with the arrange­ment
of the card catalog, guides to the literature, indexes
to periodical literature, abstracting services, bibliograph­ic
form, scientific papers and reports, and other types of
literature important to life sciences research. Efficient
research methods and scientific writing and reporting are
also stressed. For information call Margaret Welshmer,
738-2965.
Contact the Access Center 738-2741 for information on
registering for these courses as a continuing education
student. All three will be taught during January.
Lita Regional
Workshops Announced
Data Processing Specifications and Contracting is the
title of a series of regional tutorials sponsored by ALA's
Library and Information Technology Association (UTA).
The first tutorial will be held at the Peter Kiewit
Conference Center, Omaha, Nebraska on October 28-30,
1980. It will be co-sponsored by the Mountain Plains
Library Association and will be a preconference workshop
prior to the 1980 MPLA Annual Conference.
Other regional workshops are tentatively scheduled for
Nashville's Opryland Hotel on December 1-3. 1980. Boston
in April, 1981, and in June in San Francisco as a
preconference institute to the American Library Associa­tion's
1981 Annual Conference. Additionally, several other
cities are being considered.
The Data Processing Specifications and Contracting
Tutorials have been developed to meet the needs of
librarians installing or preparing to install varying types
of automated systems. Since the degree of experitise of
librarians varies greatly, the goals of these tutorials will
be to establish a basic level of competence in developing
functional specifications, evaluating technical specifica­tions,
developing and evaluating bid specifications, and in
negotiating and administering contracts for data process­ing
equipment and systems.
For more information and-or registration form, contact
UTA-ALA 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, 11. 60611 or call
312-944-6780.
DLA TO ALA BUS TRIP
On June 30, 1980, the Delaware Library Association
sponsored a bus trip to the ALA national Convention in
New York City. This was a one-day trip which left from
Dover and Wilmington early in the morning and returned
to those points in the late evening.
What started out to be a typical Delaware Day (dreary .
and rainy) ended up being a beautiful sunny day in the
BIG CITY.
Some comments from the trip were:
BEST PART
bus ride (6) people
weather (2)
bus driver (1) "Let's make him a
member"
support from local library assoc. (2)
exhibits and passes (3)
cost of bus trip (2)
arrangements to go (1)
WORST PART
cost of meeting (8)
locations of meetings (3)
tired feet (3)
lack of communications (2)
"The whole trip was a wonderful opportunity!!!"
Thanks DLA
INDES AMERICAN PUBUC UBRARY
The Index of American Public Library Circulation
declined in 1979 to 109 from 111 in 1978, with 1970 equal to
100. Adult loans were 69 percent of the total in 1979, on the
average, and juvenile 31 percent. Based on the 1974
survey of all US public libraries, it is estimated that total
American public library circulation in 1979 was 973.2
million, with a 95 percent confidence interval of 885 to 1062
million.
The Index of American Public Library Expenditures for
1979 was 220, up from 209 in 1978, with 1970 equalling 100.
When corrected for inflation, the index of expenditures
was only 118 in 1979, down from 124 in 1978. Of the amount
spent in 1979, on the average 68 percent went for salaries,
16 percent for materials, and 16 percent for all other
operating expenses. The estimated total expenditures of
all American public libraries in 1979 was $1,589 million,
and the 95 percent confidence interval from $1246 to $1932
million.
The full report of the 1979 index values appears in the
July-August 1980 issue of American Ubrarles. The index
is prepared each year by the Library Research Center of
the University of Illinois, and is based on information
from a random sample of 50 public libraries, each serving
over 25,000 people.
LIBRARY "P.R." IS WORLDWIDE
Carol Hamilton, Delaware Technical and Community
College, Wilmington Campus Library, travelled in
Scandinavia this sununer. Carol has shared with us an
information sheet she picked up in Stockholm. She was
particularly impressed with the excellent "public
relations" to make visitors feel welcome (note - bracket­ed
invitation).
The "Reading Room" - Lasesalongen - is the name of
the library in the City of Stockholm's new "House of
Culture" at Sergels Torg. The Reading Room was opened
in January 1971, as an initial stage of the project. It is run
by the Stockholm Public Library, which operates libraries
throughout the town, with a total of almost 1.5 million
books. The name alludes to the original "Lasesalongen",
a popular library which existed on almost the same site at
the turn of the century.
BOOKS
The Reading Room naturally contains books, about·
40,000 of them. Most of the books are available for home
loans. An ordinary Stockholm PUblic Library card is
valid. If you haven't got a card, mention this at the
counter.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
These, including many foreign publications, are to be
found in the "news zone" by the entrance. Here you can
also listen to Sweden's three radio channels, and watch
television.
GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
A wide selection is available, classical music, jazz, pop,
folk music, children's records and many others. List of
the records available are to be found at the counter, where
you can also say what you want to listen to.
(Unfortunately, you may have to wait some time if the
Reading Room is crowded.) Music records cannot be
taken away. On the other hand, you can borrow language
courses on records and tapes, or use the Reading Room's
language lab equipment and tape-recorders. There are
also facilities for the use of videotape, with the Swedish
Broadcasting Corporation's adult education courses, and
microfilm.
THE AUDIOVISUAL
Programs of various kinds are presented daily in the
Audiovisual Room (entrance from the cafeteria): gramo­phone
concerts, story-telling, children's films, puppet
theatre, poetry evenings, etc. etc.
ALL AGE GROUPS
Are welcome to the Reading Room, Extensive space is
reserved for the children, with books, earphones for
music, games, etc.
INFORMATION
on all material available in the Reading Room can be
obtained at the main counter opposite the entrance.
COATS
The cloakroom, to the left from the entrance, is free of
charge, and visitors are asked in the general interest to
deposit any large cases etc., and outer garments. For the
same reason, smoking is prohibited in all parts of the
Reading Room.
FREE-OF-CHARGE
All other services in the Reading Room are also free of
charge to all visitors, regardless of residence.
Open: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.;
Friday-8aturday - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday -11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Telephones: 08-14 11 20 Ext. 223,224
ALA CHAPTERS
With the announcement of its formation, an open
invitation to join the new Community Information Section
of the Public Library Association was made not only to the
audience at the Information and Referral Services
Committee's Program at the ALA New York Conference,
but to all concerned in public library service.
The new section is the result of the overwhelming
interest of librarians in public library programs and
services, which are designed for the active provision of
information in response to identified community needs,
and which are developing at an increasingly accelerated
rate. Information and referral to human service,
consumer' information, legal and health information,
employment counseling, skill-sharing exchange banks,
information for citizen action groups, and other similar
and rapidly expanding programs will be brought together
under the umbrella of the Community Information
Section.
The scope of the section allows for the growth of many
committees, thereby accommodating many librarians
who wish to take a more active part in ALA. Public
librarians already active in community information
programs, and librarians interested in becoming
involved, will find the opportunities for interaction and
exchange of ideas they have been seeking.
In order to accomplish its mission of promoting public
library programs and services which further the
provision of community information, the Section has set
several goals. Among them is defining the role of the
public library is providing community information - as
well as developing and dissminating materials useful to
public libraries.
Presenting the broad spectrum of activity in the area of
community information and providing greater visibility
of these programs among public librarians, the C.I.S.
aims to stimulate the further growth of these developing
services.
The former PLA Information & Referral Services
Committee was dissolved, as was the Committee on the
Role of the Public Library in Providing Consumer
Information, in order for these activities to be
incorporated into the new Section. Carolyn Anthony,
Chair of the I&R Services Committee, has agreed to serve
as Chair of the Steering Committee to organize the
Community Information Section during the formation and
until elections can take place for 1981.
All librarians interested in joining and serving in the
new Section should:
1. Be a member of PLA.
2. Check off the Community Information Section of PLA
on ALA membership application or renewal.
3. And or contact:
Carolyn Anthony
Baltimore County Public Library
320 York Road
Towson, Maryland, 21204,
(301) 296-8500 - Ext. 276
Join ALA Now
And Be Glad!
You'll save: The special half price for
New Personal Members is $25; students
$10; non-salaried or retired librarians
$15; trustee and lay members $20;
foreign $30 (effective 1981 calendar
year).
You'll receive: American Libraries
and its LEADS job listings; reduced
rates at ALA conferences; discounts on
ALA monographs; eligibility to vote
and hold office; an excellent group
insurance Jllan; the backing of the most
influential library association in the
world.
Yes, I Will Joinl*
Charge my aues of $ to my
D VISA or D Master Charge. (Master
Card)
Card number _________ _
Expiration date ________ _
Signature __________ _
Type of membership ______ _
Name (please print) _______ _
Mailing Address ________ _
City Stilte __ Zip __ _
'Upon receiJ>t of application, you will receive
additional information on ALA divisions and
round tables and how ID get the most from
your membership.
Public Information Office
American Library Auociation
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
Charge it to Visa
or Master Charge!
DElAWARE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 1843
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Share with others the great things your library is doing!
Also, any information andmr ideas you would like to.share
with your colleagues is welcome. Please send your
contributions for the Bulletin to me at: Lake Forest High
School, R.D. ~}_Box 370, Felton, Delaware 19943, or call
me: W - 284-9%91, H - 734-3386.
Call or write for deadlines.
Contributors to whom we give thanks. Without
their help there would be no copy. THANKS.
Jean Trumbore
Delma Batton
Helen Bennett
Carol HamIlton
Sue Jamison
Children's Dept. -Wilmington Ubrary
Delaware Ubrary Association Bulletin is pub­lished
four times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and
Summer. News items for Inclusion In the DLA
Bulletin should be sent to the editor, Ms. Emily C.
McKnatt, DLA Bulletin, P.O. Box 1843,
Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
Pres. DLA: Jean Trumbore, Univ. of Del.
Ubraries, Newark, Delaware 19711; Secretary:
Phyllis Rust, Milford Public Ubrary, Milford,
Delaware 19963; Membership: Janet Dove,
College of Education Resource Center, Univ. of
Del., Newark, Delaware 19711.
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DELAWARE LIBRARY JOBLINE
The Delaware Library Association Jobline operates via the Joblines of the
Pennsylvania Library Association and the New Jersey Library Association. Delaware
positions are announced at the end of the tape recorded message.
There is no charge for the service. An employer may phone either or both
of the services.
The positions are not listed with DLA or with the Division of Libraries;
therefore, job seekers must contact the employer directly to follow up on job
announcements.
Employers who want
to list a position
call:
To hear the taped
announcements, call:
Type of listings:
Tapes .are changed:
Phone Rates
Wilmington
9/80
Revised
from
Pennsylvania Library
Association (PLA)
412-362-6400
412-362-5627
Tape runs 30 min. , lists
jobs in Pa., other states
on east coast.
Friday after 3:30 P.M.
To Pittsburgh - 5 min.
$.71 in discounted time
period. $1.92 prime
time.
New Jersey Library
Association (NJLA)
609-292-2992
609-695-2121
6 min. - DLA can use
unused portion.
Friday af ter 3:30 P.M.
To Trenton - 5 min.
$.56 discounted time
period. $1.45 prime
time.
DELAWARE LIBRARY COSTS AND SERVICES BY COUNTY IN 1979
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Pop. : 397,800
Area: 438 sq.mi.
Govt.: Council/Exec.
Home Rule: YES
KENT COUNTY
Pop.: 93,697
Area: 594 sq.mi.
Govt.: Levy Court
Home Rule: NO
SUSSEX COUNTY
Pop. : 90,200
Area: 950 sq.mi.
Govt.: Council/Exec.
Home Ru 1 e : YES
COSTS
Budget: $60,207,821
Tax rate: .82/$100
Assmt. va 1. 70%
Lib.budget: $471,096
Libn.sa1. 25,500
Staff/admin: 41,961
State Aid: not rept.
or distrib.
COSTS
Budget:
Tax rate:
$ 2,373,700
.31/$100
Assmt.va1 : 60%
~': Lib.budget:
Libn.sal :
Staff/admin:
~': S ta te Aid:
$ 58,025
NONE
NONE
$ 10,765
*Rev.Shrg: Libs: 8,625
Bkmb1e: 38,635
COSTS
Budget: $ 4,241,056
Tax rate: .25/$100 +
As smt. va 1 : 50%
Lib.budget: $ 319,626
Libn.sa1.: 16,000
Staff/Admin: 46,050
State Aid: not rept.
or distrib.
CETA: 35,512
SERVICES
Co.Libn./Staff (reports,etc.)
No.libs.: branches 4
contractual 6
Bookmobiles 0
Outreach: NO
Circulation: 1,413,850
Hrs/wk: 460~ (12 1 ibs)
Average hrs/wk: 38
Books etc.: 643,601
Books per cap ita: 1 .62
SERVICES
CO.Libn./Staff NO
No.1 ibs.: St.demo.unit 1
City/State/other 3 1/3
Bookmobiles: 1
Outreach: YES
Circulation: 384,071 + DOL 14,595
Hr/wk: 198 41 ibs)
Average hrs/wk: 40
Books etc.: 221,424 (inc1.DOL)
Books per capita: 2.36
SERVICES
Co.Libn./Staff (reports,etc.)
No.1ibs.: branches 2
contractual 12
Bookmobiles: 1
Outreach: NO
Circulation: 337,859
Hrs/wk: 399 (14 libs)
Average hrs/wk: 28~
Books etc. 194,187
Books per capita: 2.15
STATE DIVISION OF LmRARIES
Pop. : 548, 104
Area: 20,057 sq.mi.
Govt.: Div. of cabinet Dept.
Fedl. budget:
State budget:
Libn.sal.:
Staff /Admi n:
$ 357,340
S210,921
25,520
135,800
Reports,etc.
Programs/grants
Hrs/wk: 40
Books: 116,494
Bks./pc .21